{"id":132352,"date":"2026-01-21T20:05:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T20:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/132352\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T20:05:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T20:05:28","slug":"heim-barbecue-to-close-original-restaurant-in-fort-worth-and-open-budget-concept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/132352\/","title":{"rendered":"Heim Barbecue to close original restaurant in Fort Worth and open \u2018budget\u2019 concept"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fort Worth-born restaurant Heim Barbecue is making three big changes in 2026, according to articles from the Fort Worth Report and Fort Worth Star-Telegram.<\/p>\n

Its partners are closing the original Heim on W. Magnolia Avenue in Fort Worth, franchising the Dallas restaurant and testing a lower-priced food truck business in Tarrant County. <\/p>\n

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Original Heim Barbecue to close<\/p>\n

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Heim\u2019s first brick-and-mortar is expected to close on Feb. 1, 2026.<\/p>\n

Owner Will Churchill told the Report sales were slipping at Heim on Magnolia<\/a>, and the team would have to invest \u201ca lot of money\u201d into the restaurant space. He told the Star-Telegram the city is facing a \u201csaturation\u201d of barbecue joints<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Indeed, Fort Worth has become a hub for great barbecue<\/a>, which has increased competition and forced revenue to be split among more restaurants.<\/p>\n

Related<\/p>\n

\"Goldee's<\/p>\n

With the closure of the original Heim, Churchill told reporters the restaurant on White Settlement Road will remain open, leaving Heim with one location in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n

Heim in Weatherford will stay open, too, and Churchill told the Star-Telegram it\u2019s \u201cexceeding all expectations.\u201d <\/p>\n

Churchill took over operations of Heim Barbecue in 2024<\/a>, after its founders Travis and Emma Heim chose to step back from the business.<\/p>\n

New owner in Dallas<\/p>\n

Heim in Dallas, near Love Field Airport, is being sold to a new owner. <\/p>\n

A \u201clongtime employee-turned-franchisee\u201d will take over that restaurant, the FW Report reported.<\/p>\n

Lower-priced barbecue<\/p>\n

In a final step, Churchill and his team will convert a Heim food truck into a lower-priced barbecue business called Heim Pig Stand. Here, a three-piece lunch or dinner might cost $12 to $15 and include a barbecue sandwich, a side and banana pudding for dessert, according to reports.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s clear Churchill has been analyzing consumer sentiment over inflated food costs. Consumers will find \u201cone low price\u201d at the Pig Stand, Churchill told FW Report, an effort to retain a cost-conscious consumer.<\/p>\n

Heim Pig Stand is expected to rove around Dallas-Fort Worth starting in spring 2026. A first stop might be near JD\u2019s Hamburgers in Westland, where the Landman TV show<\/a> has set up camp.<\/p>\n

Eventually, Churchill wants to open Pig Stand restaurants, he told the FW Report. They\u2019d be small in size, at 600 to 900 square feet: another way to keep costs lower.<\/p>\n

Heim Barbecue\u2019s original restaurant at 1109 W. Magnolia Ave., Fort Worth, is expected to close Feb. 1, 2026. <\/p>\n

Restaurants at 5333 White Settlement Road, Fort Worth, 1910 S. Main St., Weatherford, and 3130 W. Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, are expected to remain open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fort Worth-born restaurant Heim Barbecue is making three big changes in 2026, according to articles from the Fort…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1068,116,118,117,15387,1623,354],"class_list":["post-132352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-barbecue","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-love-field","tag-restaurant-news","tag-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}